Man in US illegally arrested on drug charges

Wednesday

Mar 26, 2014 at 11:57 AM

A man who is reportedly in the U.S. illegally was arrested Monday after police responded to a reported domestic abuse in southwest Bartlesville and smelled "a strong odor of marijuana coming from within the residence," Bartlesville Police Department officials said Tuesday.

A man who is reportedly in the U.S. illegally was arrested Monday after police responded to a reported domestic abuse in southwest Bartlesville and smelled “a strong odor of marijuana coming from within the residence,” Bartlesville Police Department officials said Tuesday.

Nibardo Garcia, 32, was arrested on charges of possession of marijuana with the intent to distribute within 2,000 feet of a school, possession of drug paraphernalia, maintaining a house were drugs are kept/sold and possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony.

Police say officers responded to a reported domestic abuse Monday evening and spotted the suspect’s vehicle parked at a residence in the 1500 block of Southwest Colorado Street.

“Officers approached the residence and (Garcia) answered the door. Officers detected a strong odor of marijuana coming from within the residence when (Garcia) opened the front door,” BPD Capt. Jay Hastings said in a press release issued Tuesday.

Hastings said Garcia gave officers consent to search the residence, stating “there was approximately 10 pounds of marijuana inside.”

“Officers located 23-year-old Ray Jay Jaggers inside the residence and he was arrested for domestic abuse, which had occurred at another location,” Hastings said.

Hastings said members of the BPD Drug Task Force were called to the scene and officers located 12 one-pound bricks of marijuana and 250 hits of possible acid/LSD and a hand gun, all of which Garcia claimed were his.

“(Garcia) claimed he was not a legal resident of the United States and he had already been deported once for drug related charges,” Hastings said.